Ashford People and Places

• Ashford's Electricity Works

• Handbook of Naval Cookery

• Alfred Austin of Swinford Manor Ashford - Poet Laureate

• St Mary the Virgin Catalogue of Parochial Archives 1992

• William Harvey Hospital - Project for the Future

• 1st Ashford Scout Troop

• Some of the Museum's collection of postcards and photos

• History of Ashford Fire Brigade

• Ashford Joint Strike Committee 1919

• Old Ashfordian's Exhibition 1899-1999

• The Old Ashfordian's 1899-1999

• Scrap Album

• Life of John Knatchbull

• 1st Ashford Rover Crew Log Book 1933-1952

• Reminiscences of a Country Lad - John Harden

• Stanhope - The School we never knew 1876-1991

• Ashford Borough Museum - Short History of the Building by Charles Friend

• Short History of Smuggling in this area

• Bygone Kent Vol. 14 No 10

• Bygone Kent Vol. 23 No 11 

• The Annals of Kennington by Robert Furley

• A 110 Year History of Invicta Press

• "History of Hollington School, Ashford"

• History of Ashford Town Football Club

RAILWAY RECORDS:

The books listed below may be seen in the Museum. They contain historical photographs, copies of maps and documents, names of staff members and some personal reminiscences. They were collated and prepared by John Blackford, the first two relating to his own experiences before and during employment at the Works in the late 1940s to mid 1950s. Copies of these may also be seen at the National Railway Museum in York.

1. Railway Recollections of Ashford (1995)

2. Some More Railway Recollections (1995) - The story of the Engineering Research Department at Ashford.

3. Even More Railway Recollections, Parts 1 and 2 (Jan. 1996).

4. Yet More Railway Recollections, Parts 1 and 2 (Jan. 1998).

5. Railway Recollections - Ashford Works, The Final years. Parts 1 and 2

(Jan. 2000).

6. Railway Recollections - The Channel Tunnel Rail Link through Ashford, the   story of its construction (May 2003).

7. Railway Recollections, Steam Days Revisited (2004).

Also with them on the reference shelf are:-

• The Peter Green Collection - of local train photographs taken in the 1950s.

• Steam days at Wye - photographs taken by David Cross, c. 1950

• Ashford Railway Track, 1842 - an example with additional information.

The Museum also has other collections of photographs and artifacts, some of which are on display.

The Railway Recollection books may be of interest to those interested in family history research as most of them have a 'named persons' index.

For further information about the Museum's railway archive please consult the Curator.

Wartime Ashford

• Ashford War Casualties Urban and Rural from 1939.

• Ashford Urban District Council 1939 declarations made by councillors before acting.

• Dear Friends of Great Chart - World War One letters Volume 1

• Dear Friends of Great Chart - World War One letters Volume 2

• Dear Friends of Great Chart - World War One letters Volume 3

• Memories of WW2 by Mike Wise